Louise Antoinette Bassell

Brief Life History of Louise Antoinette

When Louise Antoinette Bassell was born on 8 September 1894, in Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Burr Bassel, was 35 and her mother, Lucy Belle Boggess, was 33. She married Earl Joseph Belcher on 20 June 1920, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1900 and Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1920. She died on 23 January 1981, in Westfield, Union, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, Union, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

Louise Antoinette Bassell
1894–1981
Margaret L Belcher
1921–
Elizabeth B Belcher
1927–

Sources (15)

  • Louise A Bassell, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Louise Antoinette Bassell, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Louise Antonette Bassell, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1903

1903: Replaced Westfield township 1903: Part to Garwood borough 1907: Part from Mountainside borough 1915: Part from Fanwood township 1954: Part to Cranford township 1955: Part to Cranford township

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from Hassall (Cheshire), from Old English hætse ‘witch’ (a shortened form of hægtesse) + halh ‘nook, corner of land’.

variant of Askell, with metathesis of /sk/ to /ks/ and the addition of prosthetic H-; see Haskell and Axtell .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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